Wong plays.

Puig is benched.

Pig is a joke. No reason to ever throw him a strike.

Mattingly benching Puig is a level of stupidity that I can't even fathom. He was the 11th best hitter in baseball this season by wRC+ right between Miguel Cabrera and Buster Posey.

Just an absolute moron. I hope the Cardinals play their part in ending his managerial career tonight.

Even with eight K's, other than Kemp, Puig is the last guy in the lineup I want to face. He's hit better than Gordon, Crawford, and Uribe, and he's a good, albeit stupid, defensive outfielder.

I'm and I think most Cardinal fans are glad he is out of the lineup. Really stupid move with a young guy who has issues with controlling his emotions.

Mattingly is a complete reerun. He makes Matheny look like Maddon.

97? Holy shit.

Eight more like that, please.

Thats a nice start for Shelby.:thumb:

97 is just that first 2 innings of adrenaline. Like when Greinke got up to 96 in the first 2 innings maybe the 3rd.

Kershaw starting out strong using his ****ing breaking balls finally. That Curve is nasty when its on.

Given the shadows, those were actually pretty good ABs. Got him to throw 17 pitches that inning. That's not insignificant.

Yeah, he will settle in at 94/95.

Yeah, we should be working counts. Kershaw times out at 90 pitches. Bringing Haren in is a gamble. Starters coming in to pitch relief fail more times than they succeed.

Ramirez gets so ****ing dinged up through the year, its amazing how much bad luck this dude has. lol